Today

By Akshita Sharma

I was carrying an endless weight of sadness, 

Weight of heavy clothes pressed my soft heart, 

But today, I’ve discarded it with a smile, 

And now,  my soft heart rests on muslin wrap. 

Then the remnants of shadows inside me were screaming ,

Whispering horrors of living,

But today,  I’m singing lullabies,

Lullabies of my rebirth,

In this new world. 

I was the victim of poisoned heart, 

Poison was shared with gold spoon, 

Sweetness laced with cruelty, 

But today,  I’m filled with serene water, 

And drinking it from a steel glass—truth in its purest form.  

 I was paying homage to those deceitful days,

Where warmth was just mimicry, 

But today, I’m welcomed by cheerful arms, 

And feeling the  truth in someone’s touch. 

My happiness was once buried with uninvited death, 

But today, I am growing buds of life, 

And allowing the elixir to bloom. 

By Akshita Sharma